---
title: 'Holy Motors (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Leos Carax'
released: '2012-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/holy-motors-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2076220/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Holy Motors (2012)

2012 · 115 min · Drama, Fantasy · Germany, France

Part of: BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century

## Synopsis

Holy Motors is a 2012 French surrealist fantasy drama film written and directed by Leos Carax and starring Denis Lavant and Édith Scob. Lavant plays Mr. Oscar, a man who appears to have a job as an actor, as he is seen dressing up in different costumes and performing various roles in several locations around Paris over the course of a day, though no cameras or audiences are ever seen around him. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Leos Carax](https://cinepixo.com/people/leos-carax)
- **Screenplay:** [Leos Carax](https://cinepixo.com/people/leos-carax)
- **Director of Photography:** [Caroline Champetier](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-champetier), [Yves Cape](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-cape)
- **Editor:** [Nelly Quettier](https://cinepixo.com/people/nelly-quettier)

## Cast

- [Jean-François Balmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-francois-balmer)
- [Kylie Minogue](https://cinepixo.com/people/kylie-minogue)
- [Bertrand Cantat](https://cinepixo.com/people/bertrand-cantat)
- [Jonathan Barbezieux](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-barbezieux)
- [Michel Delahaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-delahaye)
- [Leos Carax](https://cinepixo.com/people/leos-carax)
- [Eva Mendes](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-mendes)
- [Denis Lavant](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-lavant)
- [Édith Scob](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-scob)
- [Élise Lhomeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/elise-lhomeau)
- [Katarzyna Glinka](https://cinepixo.com/people/katarzyna-glinka)
- [Michel Piccoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-piccoli)
- [Laurent Lacotte](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurent-lacotte)

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